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Colorado Investigates Former Prison Director for Malfeasance Following State Audit
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2007, page 16
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Conditions of Confinement,
Overcrowding.
Location:
Colorado.
The Colorado State Auditor completed a review of the state's private prison contracts in November 2006. The audit found that former Director of Prisons Nolin Renfrow's "private business activities arguably present a conflict of interest and result in a breach of his fiduciary duty and the public trust."
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